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Agencies name permitted landfills and start testing plan for wildfire ash
Summary
County, Army Corps and EPA officials said debris will go to multiple permitted facilities (17 locations identified by county), that material types are routed by waste-acceptance criteria, and that the county and academic partners will compile testing data on a single dashboard.
Officials from the county, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. EPA said fire debris and ash will be taken to permitted facilities selected under state waste-acceptance rules and that the county has identified 17 potential landfill or staging locations, with some sites outside Los Angeles County.
“States establish waste acceptance criteria for the types of facilities that accept this material,” EPA Superfund Director Mike Montgomery said, explaining that different materials (oils, propane tanks, solids, liquids) are…
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